What is Barometer?

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...